Grappler of the Month - March ‘25: Charlie Murphy

The Sabre Grappler of the Month for March is Charlie Murphy.

I’ve been rolling with Charlie for a long time now. It must be over a year. He and I have had some brilliant rolls and I love the challenge that I get when I roll with him. Charlie knows my game well and so he has developed strong defences to my A game, forcing me to find other ways - and this really benefits me.

Charlie has a strong and well established stand up game. He wrestles well to gain dominant positions and he can hit takedowns and throws. The rest of the Sabre team respect Charlie immensely and always value a chance to test themselves against him on the mats.

Recently, I’ve been impressed by Charlie’s top game and the way he has incorporated my knee on belly system and Dan Strauss’s mount attack system into his sparring. It’s all starting to look very fluent and natural. Combine that with Charlie’s physical strength and you’ve got a formidable practitioner.

Charlie - thank you for joining Sabre. You add value whenever you are on the mats, and you are making solid progress. Keep it up!